Seuna pronouns
the eight pronouns
I | mi | we(exc.) | mia |
you | yu | you(pl.) | yua |
he/she | na | they | wa |
There is also two more pronouns. myu means we (inclusive dual). In other words "me and you". Also myun means we (inclusive plural).
The above also stand for object pronouns, so we have ;-
me | mi | us | mia/myu/myun |
you | yu | you(pl.) | yua |
him/her | na | them | wa |
the reflexive pronoun
There is also the reflexive pronoun swe
This pronoun can never be used as a subject. However the following compounds can be.
I myself | swemi | we ourselves | swemia |
you yourself | sweyu | you yourself | sweyua |
he/she him/her/self | swena | they themselves | swewa |
we ourselves | swemyu | we ourselves | swemyun |
it itself | sweso | they themselves | sweson |
pronouns and role tags
The pronouns take all the role tags that normal nouns take (except the "-s" tag).
Below the pronouns in the genitive case are given.
my/mine | mige | our/ours(exc.) | miage/myuge/myuage |
your/yours | yuge | your/yours(pl.) | yuage |
his/her/hers | nage | their/theirs | wage |
my own/your own/etc. etc. | swege |
As with regular adjectives, the genitive pronouns come after the nouns they qualify.
hendori kaunu swege.
hend | -o | -r | -i | kaunu | swege |
put on | -3s | -ACT | -PAST | coat | "own" |
'He put on his (own) coat.'
When the regular third person possessive pronouns are used, they are understood as not being coreferential with the subject.
hendori kaunu nage.
hend | -o | -r | -i | kaunu | nage |
put on | -3s | -ACT | -PAST | coat | "his" |
'He put on his (someone else's) coat.'
other examples
sukoro cata swewa = he\she likes talking about himself/herself
sukoro swecata = he\she likes to talk to himself/herself
Index
- Introduction to Seuna
- Seuna : Chapter 1
- Seuna word shape
- The script of Seuna
- Seuna sentence structure
- Seuna pronouns
- Seuna nouns
- Seuna verbs (1)
- Seuna adjectives
- Seuna demonstratives
- Seuna verbs (2)
- Asking a question in Seuna
- Seuna relative clauses
- Seuna verbs (3)
- Methods for deriving words in Seuna
- List of all Seuna derivational affixes
- Numbers in Seuna
- Naming people in Seuna
- The Seuna calendar
- Seuna units